Note: this page has been reissued to include second release variables non response rates.

NON-RESPONSE RATES, QUEENSLANDPlace of enumeration count (a)

2006

2001

Variable

Persons for whom question wasrelevant

Persons from
whom there was no response

Non-responserate

Persons for whom
question was
relevant

Persons from
whom there was no response

Non-responserate

no.

no.

%

no.

no.

%

PERSON VARIABLES

AGEP (Age) (b)

4 046 880

220 278

5.44

3 655 139

119 780

3.28

ANC1P (Ancestry1) (c)

3 973 960

334 259

8.41

3 585 639

246 895

6.89

ASSNP (Core Activity Need for Assistance) (d)

3 973 960

267 695

6.74

na

na

na

BPFP (Country of Birth of Mother) (e)

3 973 960

292 413

7.36

3 585 639

186 943

5.21

BPLP (Country of Birth of Person) (e)

3 973 960

280 129

7.05

3 585 639

183 112

5.11

BPMP (Country of Birth Father) (e)

3 973 960

290 749

7.32

3 585 639

149 181

4.16

CHCAREP (Unpaid Child Care) (d) (f)

3 163 394

301 029

9.52

na

na

na

CITP (Australian Citizenship)

3 973 960

282 156

7.10

3 585 639

159 840

4.46

DOMP (Unpaid Domestic Work) (d) (f)

3 163 394

328 456

10.38

na

na

na

EMPP (Number of Employees) (d) (f)

304 901

6 031

1.98

na

na

na

EMTP (Employment Type) (d) (f)

1 840 883

15 547

0.84

na

na

na

ENGP (Proficiency in Spoken English) (g)

307 312

6 507

2.12

252 691

5 545

2.19

GNGP (Government/Non-government Employer Indicator) (f) (h)

1 840 883

23 286

1.26

1 568 864

37 669

2.40

HRSP (Hours Worked) (f)

1 840 883

50 421

2.74

1 568 864

48 110

3.07

HSCP (Highest Year of School Completed) (f)

3 163 394

315 755

9.98

2 823 097

200 957

7.12

INCP (Individual Income) (f)

3 163 394

293 234

9.27

2 823 097

210 326

7.45

IND06P (Industry of Employment) (f) (i)

1 840 883

23 523

1.28

1 568 864

27 927

1.78

INGP (Indigenous Status)

3 973 960

234 165

5.89

3 585 639

134 196

3.74

LANP (Language Spoken at Home)

3 973 960

238 794

6.01

3 585 639

158 558

4.42

LFS06P (Labour Force Status) (f) (j)

3 163 394

219 025

6.92

na

na

na

MSTP (Registered Marital Status) (b) (f)

3 228 231

188 357

5.83

2 884 181

90 960

3.15

MTWP (Method of Travel to Work) (f)

1 840 883

31 153

1.69

1 568 864

27 084

1.73

OCC06P (Occupation) (f) (k)

1 840 883

14 527

0.79

1 568 864

19 211

1.22

PURP (Place of Usual Residence on Census Night) SLA level (l)

3 973 960

231 959

5.84

na

na

na

SLAUCP (SLA of Usual Residence on Census Night) (l)

na

na

na

3 522 044

10 585

0.30

PUR1P (Place of Usual Residence One Year Ago) (l) (m)

3 920 554

254 218

6.48

na

na

na

SLAU1P (SLA of Usual Residence One Year Ago) (l) (m)

na

na

na

3 539 388

138 216

3.91

PUR5P (Place of Usual Residence Five Years Ago) (l) (n)

3 714 788

300 421

8.09

na

na

na

SLAU5P (SLA of Usual Residence Five Years Ago) (l) (n)

na

na

na

3 343 088

166 388

4.98

QALFP (Non-School Qualification: Field of Study (f)

1 250 941

34 208

2.73

971 026

39 527

4.07

QALLP (Non-School Qualification: Level of Education) (f)

1 250 941

44 653

3.57

971 026

51 386

5.29

RELP (Religious Affiliation) (o)

3 973 960

471 062

11.85

3 585 639

359 564

10.03

RLNP (Residential Status in a Non-Private Dwelling) (p)

137 094

25 650

18.71

115 943

12 084

10.42

STUP (Full/Part-Time Student Status)

3 973 960

304 999

7.67

3 585 639

140 717

3.92

TISP (Number of Children Ever Born) (q)

1 610 699

13 597

7.05

na

na

na

TYPP (Type of Educational Institution Attending) (r)

904 120

38 814

4.29

877 410

25 691

2.93

UAI1P (Usual Address Indicator One Year Ago) (m)

3 920 554

245 713

6.27

3 539 388

129 693

3.66

UAI5P (Usual Address Indicator Five Years Ago) (n)

3 714 788

276 633

7.45

3 343 088

143 983

4.31

UNCAREP (Unpaid Assistance to a Person with a Disability) (d) (f)

3 163 394

325 551

10.29

na

na

na

VOLWP (Voluntary Work for an Organisation or Group) (d) (f)

3 163 394

307 284

9.71

na

na

na

YARP (Year of Arrival in Australia)YARP (Year of Arrival in Australia)(s)

711 451

36 822

5.18

616 241

31 441

5.10

2006

2001

Variable

Dwellings
for which
question
was relevant

Dwellings
from which
there was
no response

Non-responserate

Dwellings
for which
question
was relevant

Dwellings
from which
there was
no response

Non-
response
rate

no.

no.

%

no.

no.

%

DWELLING VARIABLES

BEDD (Number of Bedrooms in Private Dwelling) (t)

1 508 522

100 069

6.63

1 355 613

52 708

3.89

HLRD (Housing Loan Repayments - monthly) (u)

473 249

38 492

8.13

349 333

20 997

6.01

LLDD (Landlord Type) (v)

452 597

14 284

3.16

428 280

10 033

2.34

NEDD (Type of Internet Connection) (d) (t)

1 508 522

114 893

7.62

na

na

na

RNTD (Rent - weekly) (v)

452 597

15 898

3.51

428 280

14 713

3.44

STRD (Dwelling Structure) (w)

1 660 748

1 389

0.08

1 482 912

14 417

0.97

TEND (Tenure Type) (t)

1 508 522

109 380

7.25

1 355 613

60 399

4.46

VEHD (Number of Motor vehicles) (t)

1 508 522

119 142

7.90

1 355 613

83 812

6.18

Footnotes:(a) The Place of Enumeration count refers to the count of people in the state/territory they were located on Census Night. This count:

includes overseas visitors for Age (AGEP) and Registered Marital Status (MSTP)

excludes overseas visitors for all other person variables

excludes Australian residents temporarily overseas.

(b) Includes overseas visitors.(c) For 2006, two variables, Ancestry1 (ANC1P) and Ancestry2 (ANC2P) were used to record responses separately. For 2001, both ancestry responses were coded to a single variable, Ancestry (ANCP). (d) New variable for 2006.(e) In 2006, this variable's name changed from Birthplace, to Country of Birth.(f) Persons aged 15 years and over.(g) Persons who speak a language other than English at home. Excludes non-respondents to the Language Spoken at Home (LANP) question.(h) Replaces the Industry Sector (GNGP) variable. Differs from the 2001 category in that Community Development Employment Projects Participation (CDEP) has been deleted.(i) Industry of Employment is coded to a revised classification (ANZSIC 2006) for the 2006 Census.(j) The derivation of Labour Force Status has changed between 2001 and 2006, and is not comparable. (k) Occupation is coded to a new classification (ANZSCO) for the 2006 Census.(l) PURP, PUR1P and PUR5P are new hierarchical variables, combining the concepts of State of usual residence, SLA of usual residence, and CD of usual residence, which were output as separate fields in previous censuses. The non-response rate represents the number and percentage of people who gave no information, at any geographic level, regarding their usual residence at a specific point of time.(m) Persons aged 1 year and over.(n) Persons aged 5 years and over.(o) Answering this census question is optional.(p) Persons in a non-private dwelling.(q) Females aged 15 years and over. New variable for 2006. It was last included in 1996.(r) Persons attending an educational institution. Excludes non-respondents to the Full/Part-Time Student Status (STUP) question.(s) Persons born overseas, but excludes overseas visitors.(t) Includes all occupied private dwellings.(u) Occupied private dwellings being purchased. Includes dwellings being purchased under a rent/buy scheme.(v) Occupied private dwellings being rented. Includes dwellings being occupied rent free.(w) Includes all occupied and unoccupied private dwellings. A Collector, not householder, provides the response.

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